The Strand in Somerville was included in the MGM Theatre Photograph and Report project. There is an exterior photo dated May, 1941 showing an elaborate facade with an arch above the marquee. On the marquee is posted “Jackie Moran” and “Old Swimming Hole”. The marquee is the 2-sided triangle type. There appear to be trolley tracks in the street in front of the theater. The Report says that the Strand is at “3 Union Square”, that it’s a MGM customer and has been for over 10 years; that it’s over 15 years old and in “Fair” condition. It’s a “Neighborhood” house and has 650 seats on the main floor and 310 in the balcony. Competing theaters are listed as the Orpheum and the Broadway. The 1940 population of Somerville was 102,100.

Thanks, Ron. I’ve now entered all of the known Somerville MA theatres onto this site. Can you look up the Broadway Theatre and Somerville Theatre in the MGM report, and enter their information onto the appropriate pages?